Understanding Cairo : the logic of a city out of control /: the logic of a city out of control. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Sims ; with a foreword by Janet Abu-Lughod.
• Authors: Sims, David
• Other Names: Abu-Lughod, Janet L contributor.
• Contents: Imaging Cairo -- Cairo is Egypt and Egypt is Cairo -- A history of modern Cairo : three cities in one -- Informal Cairo triumphant -- Housing real and speculative -- The desert city today -- Working in the city -- City on the move : a complementary informality? -- Governing Cairo -- Summing up : serendipity? -- Postscript: revolutionary Cairo one year on.
• Publisher Details: Cairo New York : The American University in Cairo Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (364 pages), illustrations, maps, plans
• Subjects: 916.216; Urbanization -- Egypt -- Cairo; Sociology, Urban -- Egypt -- Cairo; City planning -- Egypt -- Cairo; Cairo (Egypt) -- Description and travel; City planning -- Egypt -- Cairo; Sociology, Urban -- Egypt -- Cairo; Urbanization -- Egypt -- Cairo; TRAVEL -- Africa -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography; City planning; Sociology, Urban; Travel; Urbanization; Cairo (Egypt) -- Description and travel; Egypt -- Cairo; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781617975059; 1617975052; 9781617973888; 1617973882
• Related ISBNs: 9789774165535; 9774165535
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.